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  • She scissor-kicks her legs, replacing her right foot with the left in a move called a Tick-Tock.

    Cheer! Kate Torgovnick 2008

  • She scissor-kicks her legs, replacing her right foot with the left in a move called a Tick-Tock.

    Cheer! Kate Torgovnick 2008

  • Its content was not comprehensible to Telzey at all, but in some unmistakable manner it was defined as Tick-Tock’s thought.

    The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000

  • "It looks as though we might once more be able to sell the clocks manufactured during the Clinton Administration: Instead of sounding" Tick-Tock, "they'll sound" Tax-Spend ... "

    The Red Tape Chronicles 2008

  • She dropped the Tick-Tock box onto the spider, accidentally hitting a smaller, green, left-facing button.

    The Tick-tock Box short story competition runners-up 2011

  • (Of course, Ellison's titles are also very lengthy: "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream," "'Repent Harlequin,' Said the Tick-Tock Man," etc.)

    Writing Question: Titles odysseyworkshop 2009

  • The Tick-Tock diner and our non-monte cristo sandwiches

    PvPonline » Archive » Back from New York 2009

  • Chris Salmon Maïa Vidal The Waltz of the Tick-Tock of Time This French-American songwriter below produces music so steeped in whimsy – on this song, her delicate voice is backed by toy instruments – that it's hard to credit her with having originally been influenced by American punk raspers Rancid.

    F&M Playlist 2011

  • Finally the 'Tick-Tock box' landed and they were back home, but only now in 1961 – fifty years in the past.

    The Tick-tock Box short story competition runners-up 2011

  • Then, the girls noticed the elf was standing beside a small boxwhich was making a "Tick-Tock" noise.

    The Tick-tock Box short story competition runners-up 2011

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